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Today for #FollowFriday, we'll start by shouting out @TucsonSentinel and @restofworld, two other publications that created their own Mastodon instances. We think this is a great model for other outlets (and also #nonprofit orgs) to follow, creating authenticity and allowing full control over what we post.

#Journalism #media

Every news outlet should stand up a Mastondon instance for their reporters & staff.

It’ll be great to see GivennameFamilyname@mastodon.famousnewspaper.com or whatever domain they want to use.

Built in verification. Every reporter for the Washington Post on a washpo domain. Every reporter for the New York Times on an NYTimes domain. Etc, etc.

Plus the “local” feed for each instance becomes a feed of all the posts from that institution mixed together — providing extra discovery.

Mark Finchem’s ‘frivolous’ bid to overturn Sec. State election gets booted by Az judge tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Maricopa County judge rejected Mark Finchem’s attempt to overturn his election loss by more than 120,000 votes, ruling Friday that opened the door for possible sanctions against the Republican’s attorney.

Az judge dismisses Sen. Borrelli election suit for failure to serve defendants tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An election lawsuit brought by Lake Havasu Republican Sonny Borrelli that challenged the election of Katie Hobbs as Arizona governor was dismissed late Friday afternoon.

Pima County set to end COVID-era rental assistance by February, shutters online application tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In February, Pima County will end the eviction prevention program that they started alongside the city of Tucson in 2021, but already stopped taking new applications this week, officials said.

Ducey sends $9M to help build new commerical border crossing in Douglas tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov Doug Ducey is allocating $8.9 million in federal funding to help build a new port of entry in Douglas, adding funds from the American Rescue Plan to develop wastewater and groundwater infrastructure.

It would absolutely wonderful if news outlets hosted their own Mastodon instances.

A few news orgs that have done that:
@TexasObserver
@sfstandard
@TucsonSentinel

And several others that have created official Mastodon accounts on general instances:
@ProPublica
@texastribune
@damemagazine
@COTimesRecorder
@rferl
@msfreepress
@Chron
@themarkup
@sfchronicle
@sfgate

Not sure if this one is official:
@msnbc

If anyone knows of any others, please let me know.

#News #FollowFriday

Kari Lake might get to inspect small number of ballots tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake might get a chance next week to inspect a small number of ballots cast in Maricopa County in the 2022 midterm election, a judge ordered Friday.

Scientists find newborn stars hiding in first Webb image tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
NASA scientists announced Thursday that they had discovered evidence of two dozen previously unknown protostars wrapped within the gasses of a distant nebula. The starlets had long hidden in plain sight, only recently identified via close examination of one of the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Green Valley to host free COVID-19 & flu shot clinics tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Green Valley will host a series of four free COVID-19 and flu vaccination events to make sure adults 65 years and older get protected against a worse-than-normal spread of respiratory diseases.

Congress clears one-week bill to fund federal gov't, but many hurdles remain tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Senate sent President Joe Biden a one-week government funding bill late Thursday, giving negotiators a few more days to wrap up talks on what is expected to be a $1.7 trillion package to keep the federal government up and running through September.

Congress clears one-week bill to fund the government, but many hurdles remain tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Senate sent President Joe Biden a one-week government funding bill late Thursday, giving negotiators a few more days to wrap up talks on what is expected to be a $1.7 trillion package to keep the federal government up and running through September.

Congress clears one-week bill to fund the government, but many hurdles remain tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Senate sent President Joe Biden a one-week government funding bill late Thursday, giving negotiators a few more days to wrap up talks on what is expected to be a $1.7 trillion package to keep the federal government up and running through September.

Don’t vote for just one: Ranked choice voting Is gaining ground tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Ranked choice voting has seen steady success in recent years as nationwide, 62 jurisdictions have adopted the voting method - and though proponents argue it leads to better representation of voters’ viewpoints, opponents say it’s too complicated for the average voter to understand.

Water managers sound alarm over Colorado River tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Lake Mead and Lake Powell are currently sitting at a combined storage of 13.1 million acre-feet, which is about a quarter of capacity. In December 1999, Lake Mead sat at 96% capacity and Lake Powell was at 88%.

Katie Hobbs & Maricopa County: Kari Lake’s election challenge should be swiftly dismissed tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake has failed to identify even one illegal ballot cast, point out a single person who was denied the right to vote or identify any specific instances of fraud, meaning the election challenge must be dismissed, the secretary of state and Maricopa County officials argued in filings.

Border communities, Border Patrol brace for migrant surge as Title 42 ends tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The looming end of Title 42 has set immigrant aid groups, local governments and federal agencies on the border rushing to prepare for an expected influx of people.

Feds sue Ducey over container walls in Yuma, Coronado National Forest tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Federal officials filed a lawsuit a Wednesday against Gov. Doug Ducey and other state officials, asking a federal judge to rule that the installation of cargo containers along two sections of the Arizona-Mexico border is an "unlawful trespasses," block the state from continuing to install the containers, and award damages to cover the costs of removing the 8,000-pound steel boxes.

Yes, Kyrsten Sinema is selling designer clothes & bike gear on Facebook tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Slate on Thursday published a story speculating that U.S. Sen Kyrsten Sinema is padding her income and decluttering her D.C. apartment by reselling designer clothing and athletic gear on Facebook Marketplace.

Finchem response to motion to dismiss rife with errors, evidence-free theories tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a filing riddled with errors and new evidence-free claims of forgery and election malfeasance, the attorney for failed GOP secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem says there are no grounds for a judge to dismiss the challenge to the election results without conducting a hearing on the claims.

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